English Translation

It was narrated from Sa'd ibn Hisham that he said: I said to 'A'ishah: 'Tell me about the witr of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.' She said: 'We used to prepare his siwak and his water for purification. Then Allah would wake him when He willed to wake him during the night. He would use the siwak, perform ablution, and pray eight rak'ahs. He would not sit except in the eighth of them. Then he would stand and pray one rak'ah, then sit and remember Allah and supplicate for as long as Allah willed. Then he would prostrate two prostrations while sitting. Then he would say the taslim. That was nine rak'ahs, O my son.'